General Assembly Adopts Resolution on Independent Institution on Missing Persons in Syria

The General Assembly adopts a resolution on an Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic under agenda item Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields. The resolution was adopted by a recorded vote of 83 in favour to 11 against, with 62 abstentions.

Csaba Kőrösi (left), President of the seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly, chairs the meeting. At right is Kenji Nakano, Chief of the General Assembly Affairs Branch, Department for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM).